Sara Squires
2D Artist - Contract
I'm a creative, hands-on professional with expertise in digital painting, asset creation, the animation pipeline and project management. I'm able to consistently complete multiple projects to the satisfaction of clients within tight time-frames, and I'm motivated to work on projects collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
Work Experience
Rooster Teeth
2D Background Artist - Contract
• Create digitally painted environments, using rough storyboard images as a guideline, for backgrounds in an animated 2D series.
June 2018
- Present
United States
Softway
Digital Artist II - Contract
• Creating art, as needed, for projects I had knowledge of prior to contractor status.
• Assist in projects that require skills that Softway’s current employees don’t possess.
• Contract work may include concept art creation, storyboards, asset creation, video editing, and infographic illustrations.
• Assist in projects that require skills that Softway’s current employees don’t possess.
• Contract work may include concept art creation, storyboards, asset creation, video editing, and infographic illustrations.
June 2018
- Present
Texas, United States
Softway
Digital Artist II - Team Lead
• As a multimedia artist, I was involved in each stage of the project pipeline including concept art creation, storyboarding, asset creation, animation, video editing, and infographic illustrations.
• Projects included clientele such as ExxonMobil, Discount Tire, Goodman Manufacturing, Kid Energy, Rice University (STEMscopes), Samsung, and Snapchat.
• Concentrated on developing my digital painting and background skills as well as my vector art skills.
• Managed my team using Jira, the project management software used at Softway, to assign tasks, as well as to manage the time spent on my own projects.
• Projects included clientele such as ExxonMobil, Discount Tire, Goodman Manufacturing, Kid Energy, Rice University (STEMscopes), Samsung, and Snapchat.
• Concentrated on developing my digital painting and background skills as well as my vector art skills.
• Managed my team using Jira, the project management software used at Softway, to assign tasks, as well as to manage the time spent on my own projects.
July 2012
- June 2018
Texas, United States
Virtual Pet Sites
Digital Artist
• During high school and throughout my college years, I worked as a digital artist for multiple pet sites (including Ark, Egg Cave, Ichumon, Misticpets, MUSE, Pastry Pets, PetNebula, Rescreatu, and Skitters), some of which were startups that never went live.
• I created assets for items, games, character and creature art, backgrounds, and UI elements for these websites.
• Contributed assets as an unpaid artist until I reached an age where I could be paid for my work.
• I created assets for items, games, character and creature art, backgrounds, and UI elements for these websites.
• Contributed assets as an unpaid artist until I reached an age where I could be paid for my work.
2003
- 2015
Education
Sam Houston State University
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
2008
- 2012
Texas, United States
Awards
The Woodlands Symphony Orchestra
Exhibition in Music
2007
Skills
After Effects,
CLIP STUDIO PAINT,
Digital Painting,
Flash,
Illustrator,
MAYA,
Photoshop,
Storyboarding,
Toon Boom ,
Tyrian Tarot - Indiegogo Project
2018 – was invited to join the GW2 Artist Collective team project, both as an artist and a moderator, created by Guild Wars 2 fans from around the world for charity - officially sponsored by ArenaNet.
• The team launched a crowd-funded campaign via Indiegogo entitled Tyrian Tarot, which successfully raised $160,930 by 2,693 backers.
• We utilized BackerKit to help make the crowd-funding fulfillment easier, raising an additional $57,082 by 2,930 backers.
• As a team we vetted various non-profit organizations and chose IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, donating $42,000 to the organization.
• As a moderator and lead designer, I created the design for the tarot card backs (which carried throughout the project’s branding), was involved with the artist selection process, gave feedback to the contributors, created and edited merchandise art from concept to final vector files (including enamel pins, tarot guidebook, tarot cloth, two-piece box, and stickers), illustrated several digital paintings for the deck and book, and coordinated the creation of and edited the video for the Indiegogo campaign.
• The team launched a crowd-funded campaign via Indiegogo entitled Tyrian Tarot, which successfully raised $160,930 by 2,693 backers.
• We utilized BackerKit to help make the crowd-funding fulfillment easier, raising an additional $57,082 by 2,930 backers.
• As a team we vetted various non-profit organizations and chose IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, donating $42,000 to the organization.
• As a moderator and lead designer, I created the design for the tarot card backs (which carried throughout the project’s branding), was involved with the artist selection process, gave feedback to the contributors, created and edited merchandise art from concept to final vector files (including enamel pins, tarot guidebook, tarot cloth, two-piece box, and stickers), illustrated several digital paintings for the deck and book, and coordinated the creation of and edited the video for the Indiegogo campaign.
Art Magazines - "Zines"
2017-2018 - contributing artist to multiple independent art magazines including PkmnProfZine, Celebrations - an Overwatch Event Zine, Voltron Food Fanzine: Galactic Gourmet, Splat2 Charity Zine, Quirks - an unofficial Boku no Hero Academia Fanzine (created a 2-page spread), and Chimes - a Guild Wars 2 Wintersday Fanzine, all of which had a percentage of proceeds donated to a charitable non-profit organization.
ArenaNet Creative Partner Program
2018 - invited to become a member of the ArenaNet Partner Program and participate in selected activities and collaborate with ArenaNet on a variety of occasions. Creative content includes drawings, streams/tutorial videos, and collaborative projects around the Guild Wars 2 community.